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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1915
Page
1
London June 2 The Daily News prints a letter from Sergeant O Leary VC stating he is alive and in the firing line for King and country dated May 29 His parents have been overwhelmed with inquiries. The letter follows reports of his death.
Cabinet approves a call to Germany to declare if it will follow international law and respond immediately on compliance. The terse demand frames the issue as a test of Germany’s intent and humanity.
President Wilson and his Cabinet decide to press Germany to obey international law in naval conduct. The note will ask if Germany intends to follow accepted rules or wage war by its own standards. A severance of diplomatic ties appears likely if Germany rejects the demand.
Mrs. Claes A. Tallberg of Boston fought three holdup men with a horsewhip on the road between Uxbridge and Millville. Two attackers dragged the horse while another tried to board the carriage. A passing auto party frightened the assailants who fled. She was shaken but unharmed and escorted to her husband’s farm in Uxbridge.
Jacob Ruppert, famed New York brewer, died May 2 and his will filed for probate on June 1 allocates a $20,000,000 estate among his widow and four children.
Judge Tyler of the Confederate reunion in Richmond praised Wilson and Belgium, comparing belated peace ideals to past failures and noting the South's call for universal peace through acceptance of Confederate principles. He cited Belgium's martyrdom and warned that former scraps of paper show folly, promising truer glory to the defeated and the victor alike.
Thousands of veterans gather in Richmond for the 25th reunion and express hopes that peace in America will not be disrupted by war in Europe. They pledge loyalty to the Union, support the President, and pray for wise guidance in international affairs.
The United Sons of Confederate Veterans honored the president with a tribute praising wartime leadership. Clarence J. Owens and General W. B. Green praised Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee. Governor Stuart and Judge D. G. Tyler welcomed the Southern hosts to Richmond.
Mrs May Futrelle reports a two hour interview with Leo M Frank in Atlanta jail describing a nonmurderer impression despite the setting. She details jail features including iron bars doors jangling keys and corridors and notes Frank’s cell on the second floor during her tour in June.
The narrator recalls the jail’s second floor front and rear pens crowded with poorly dressed prisoners. Loud metal banging, garbage cans slammed into a dummy, guard shouts, a telephone ring, and a sob from an old colored mammy mark a grim, gray, steel environment that confronts him with the problem of criminal man.
Yesterday's scores show Boston blanking New York 7 0 in the National League and Chicago topping Pittsburgh 2 0 while Brooklyn beat Philadelphia 5 4 in 11 innings. American League Boston edged New York 4 3 in 13 innings. St Louis beat Cleveland 2 1. Washington bested Philadelphia 5 3. Chicago defeated Detroit 4 1. Federal League Buffalo won 8 1 over Baltimore and Kansas City 3 Chicago 1 while Newark 7 Brooklyn 2. New England League Lewiston 2 Worcester 1 and Portland 8 Fitchburg 5. Manchester 5 Lowell 2. Colonial League Hartford 4 Taunton 0 and New Bedford 5 Brockton 2. New Haven 12 Springfield 3. Pawtucket 1 Fall River 0 in 10 innings.
Ninety bombs were dropped on London last night by Zeppelin airships. Four people were killed and a few injured. No public buildings were damaged. Authorities released an official statement detailing the raid.
Last night incendiary bombs were dropped near the metropolis causing several fires all quickly controlled. Casualties include one infant two boys and two adults with others seriously hurt. Police called out special constables to maintain order amid anti German demonstrations and looting of boarded shops.
President Wilson and his Cabinet adopted a policy to restore order in Mexico and relieve millions of non combatants from the devastations caused by Mexican military elements, addressing intolerable conditions.
The President read a cabinet statement to be released tomorrow to Mexican faction leaders. It pledges moral support for a coalition forming a stable government and promises formal recognition. An arms embargo would apply to the new government, excluding other factions, if acceptance is not achieved.
Frank O. Freeman 19, a patient, testified at the ongoing hearing on Miss Alice C. Marshall, superintendent, admitting he lugged and held Miss Marshall and other nurses, danced and played cards on Sundays, enjoyed special privileges, and that beer was served to patients at the hospital.
Uniformed police stood guard in the City Council chamber amid fear of disorder as a thronged audience awaited further sensational testimony. Witness Freeman described privileges at the hospital that sparked friction but no blows, with threats of fist fights noted.
The Boston Post editorial argues the United States must uphold wartime rights against Germany in a clear, persuasive stance. It urges business readers to carry the piece to counter ill informed friends and defend American policy abroad.
An unofficial dispatch from Piotrkow claims Russian forces have evacuated Radom, located south of Warsaw, as Moscow continues operations in Polish territory.
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